Full details of the Dead Sea swallowing dozens of Israelis after a large ceremony
Dozens of Israelis drowned on Neve Midbar Beach in the Dead Sea during a party held without a permit from the Israeli occupation police. According to the Times of Israel, 6 people were rescued without revealing other details. Although drowning is impossible in the Dead Sea, what did the waves do? With the Israelis?
The Dead Sea is the saltiest among the seas in the world, so a person floats on its surface and cannot drown, because of its density, as the waves push the drowned person to float above it, but swimming in its waters must be with great precautions, which is what the Israelis did not do.
Environmental expert: The extreme salinity of the Dead Sea is the reason why the Israelis drowned before they were rescued
Dr. Ahmed Farouk, an environmental expert, said in statements to Al-Watan that the extreme salinity of the Dead Sea water was the reason that Israelis were vulnerable to drowning, as it struck their faces, eyes, and mouths, causing them to be unable to see, and it also led to fainting or nausea, but it is difficult A person drowns in the Dead Sea, but rather remains floating on its surface, according to the environmental expert.
6 people saved
According to the English-language newspaper The Times of Israel, six people were rescued from the Dead Sea overnight after police received reports of the disappearance of at least two people from Neve Medbar beach yesterday evening during an event organized by religious school students, despite talk of the presence of 2,000 people during the event. The ceremony. The Israeli authorities did not announce any details regarding this or the numbers of those drowned in the accident, and only announced rescue operations.
The incident occurred because dozens of people descended into the Dead Sea water at night, forcing Matan Murad, head of the volunteer Dead Sea Scrolls Rescue Team, to go out immediately after the incident, and he warned against entering the Dead Sea at night, due to the strong westerly winds that make it difficult to return to the shore. The salinity of the water makes it difficult to see.
The Israeli occupation police used a helicopter in the search operations after receiving reports of the disappearance of people from Neve Medbar Beach in the Dead Sea. It was confirmed that they had apparently drifted into the sea.